Very happy with my first NIB experience - X-Men Wolverine LE.

Very slight imperfection in the screening on the playfield - hardly noticeable. Got excellent after sales service both from Joe at Kids Wanna Have Fun Amusements as well as Stern directly. Got a signed X-Men Pro translite and spare Wolverine figure.

I don't get the general Stern "cheap" and "clunky" comments. The game is as solid and as reliable as any of my other games I own. Anything that is man made and travels half way around the world is prone to have small issues.

I think clay is from "the old school", and he knows Woodrails to DMDs "back to front". I think if the LE was given to him to review without him knowing the price tag, then he would not have commented about the quality in a negative light. That's where most of the criticisms come from. The LEDs falling out can be on any game - I think it has more to do with the LEDs than the game. I agree with most of what he reported, it is a $4500 pinball machine, not a $7500. You get what you pay for. I have not played Avengers, Tron or Transformers, so I don't know if the build quality is decreasing or not. I've had concerns about the clearcoat since Ironman.

I look forward to playing a later model Stern (post AC/DC - which I liked very much).